About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of forever chemicals on health and how communities can unite to tackle environmental challenges.
Hear more on the research into how "forever chemicals" impact our health and how communities can actually come together to face environmental threats like PFAS in this excerpt from the conversation at NHPR's 2026 Climate Summit. The panel, moderated by Safe to Drink Senior Producer, Jason Moon: Safe to Drink Host Mara Hoplamazian Community organizer Victor Davila of Slingshot Vermont Environmental health researcher Dr. Julia Varshavsky of Northeastern University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Mara Hoplamazian
Guests: Victor Davila, Dr. Julia Varshavsky
Topics covered
- forever chemicals
- health impact
- community resilience
- environmental threats
- PFAS
- climate change
Keywords
- forever chemicals
- PFAS
- community resilience
- environmental health
- climate summit
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Organizations: NHPR
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